Victory For Hemp! Oregon Legalizes Industrial Production

Good news: Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski has signed into law a bill permitting the production, trade and possession of industrial hemp, Current reports. The bill received bi-partisan support, passing by a vote of 46-11 in the state House of Representatives, and by 27-2 in the Senate:The law sets up a state-regulated program for industrial hemp growing.

16 States Have Pro-Hemp LawsThis law is the sixth pro-hemp law or resolution passed by a state in the 2009 legislative session -- Oregon now joins Maine, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Vermont on that list. Sixteen states have passed pro-hemp legislation since industrial hemp production was outlawed in the US over 50 years ago.

Under current federal law, industrial hemp can be imported into the US, but not grown.